Summary evaluation of work so far.

The essay is in a good position, it really needs narrowing down as it is 3,000 words over the word count. The reason for this is that I have incorporated the descriptions of the conversations I have had with certain people. Moving these into the appendix would be the best way of reducing the word count but still gives the reader the option to read them as they are still significant to the research. Now the main body of research is complete I need to start tying the practical together. For the practical, I am going to make a large scale image, composed of the stories draw from the workshops and the children aspirations that they drew based on their ambitions. Running alongside this will be serval mini prints composed of separate elements of the image in a simple format. So far I have finished the memory research book and have draw motifs from this and created new ones that I have screen printed on calico, which is a thick canvas fabric. I really like these experiments because the simple ink drawings translate well into print. The fabric also has an off-white and textural finish. I am not sure how to compose the different elements together yet. They could just be single motifs like there are now, or it could be a large scale image involving all the different elements. Another idea is that the single motifs could be used for the smaller prints.  I also need to think about where the final outcomes could sit? are they for exhibition, product, publishing. If I use fabric for the final thing, exhibition and product would be the areas it could work in. And if the image is going to be large scale then using digital print instead of screen printing onto fabric, will save time and it will be finished efficiently and neatly.  Publishing could still be an option. Whether I just produce a series of prints based on the stories/ ideas and compose these into a book. This would give the final outcomes context but wouldn't be challenging my practice and push how illustration can be used to show social issues.